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Thursday, December 06, 2012

Why Lawyers Aren't on Many Book Best Seller Lists

For want of a handful of periods,clarity was lost. Sentence length - around 65. Ouch. Enough said. Legal jargon can be trying to read. From a press release Kind of makes licensing agreements seem friendly in comparison. Or ads for pharmaceuticals.

It may have been a dark and stormy night when this was written or perhaps, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was
the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, but the press release had to
go out with proper disclosures."

John Grisham, where are you when we need you?

This press release contains forward-looking statements
within the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.Words such as “expects,” “outlook”,
“expectation,” “intends,” “assumes,” “believes” and “estimates,” variations of
such words and similar expressions are also intended to identify
forward-looking statements.These
forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those contemplated herein.Factors that could cause or contribute to
such differences include but are not limited to: changes in the company’s
growth strategies; changes in the company’s future prospects, business
development, results of operations and financial condition; changes to the
online and computer threat environment and the endpoint security industry;
competition from local and international companies, new entrants in the market
and changes to the competitive landscape; the adoption of new, or changes to
existing, laws and regulations; flaws in the assumptions underlying the
calculation of the number of the company’s active users; the termination of or
changes to the company’s relationships with its partners, including Google, and
other third parties; changes in the company’s and its partners’ responses to
privacy concerns; the ability of the company to successfully diversify its
portfolio of search partners; the company’s plans to launch new products and
online services and monetize its full user base; the company’s ability to
attract and retain active and subscription users; the company’s ability to
retain key personnel and attract new talent; the company’s ability to
adequately protect its intellectual property; flaws in the company’s internal
controls or IT systems; the company’s
geographic expansion plans; the anticipated costs and benefits of the company’s
acquisitions; the outcome of ongoing or any future litigation or arbitration,
including litigation or arbitration relating to intellectual property rights;
the company’s legal and regulatory compliance efforts; and worldwide economic
conditions and their impact on demand for the company’s products and services.
Given these risks and uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on
these forward-looking statements.